Both seem to stream recordings and live TV to another TV in the house. Somebody throw a book at me and explain the simple concept I'm missing.

Thank you.

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The Mini is just like a regular TiVo Premiere, but without its own tuner or hard drives. It allows for streaming of your Premiere recordings into the TV that the Mini is connected to, and also allows for the viewing of live TV.

The Stream box does none of this. It's just a converter that allows the MPEG2 recordings on your Premiere to be converted for viewing/storage on a mobile device, like an iPad.

Both seem to stream recordings and live TV to another TV in the house. Somebody throw a book at me and explain the simple concept I'm missing.

Thank you.

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You don't work at Best Buy, do you?

I just laughed out loud when I read your post, because it was so close to home after I spoke to a rep at Best Buy about if the Mini was going to be carried by my local Best Buy. No disrespect to you intended.

The other posters have answered your question, but unfortunately, I suspect you will be far from the last person to ask this question.